Improvement in soap-dishes



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JOHN rinnnirr THATGHER, or BERGEN', New JERSEY.

' Letters Patent 112,983, dated March 21, 1871.

A IMPROVEMENT IN so'AP-msHEs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

YI, JoniN MERRITT THATGHER, of Bergen, county of Hudson, State of NewJersey, have invented an mproved Soap-Dish, of which the following is aspecication.

.Natel/re and Object of the Irl/ocation.

My invention consists of a soap-'dish constructed in a manner too fullyexplained hereafter to 'need preliminary description, with 'a view ofdraining the water from the soap and rapidly drying the same, so that itmay be maintained in the best condition for use, and so as to preventwaste.

Description of thevAccomJang/ing Drawing.

Figure l is a side view of my improved soap-dish; Figure 2, a verticalsection of the` same; Figure 3, a side view of a cover or receptacleadapt- I ed to the dish;

Figure 4, aplan view of the same; Figure 5, a vertical section of thedish, showin how the.- cover may be used as a detachable receptac e forthe soap; and j Figure 6, a section of the dish, showing both detachablereceptacle and cover.

Genemt Description.

Figs land 2 represent, in its simplest form, my im-' proved`-soapdish,consisting, in the present instance, of' a circular vessel, A, voi'cast-iron, with lateral open-4 ings, l, for the admission of air, andinternal projec-- tions, a a, for maintaining the soap free-fromcontact.

with the bottom of the dish, and at a suiicieut height above the bottomto insure a circulation of air be-l A modification of the soap-'dish isshown in iig. 5, where the soap is supported on adetachable openworkreceptacle, B, resting with its upper anged edge on va'ledge in thedish, the receptacle having small projections, e, for supporting thesoap above its fretted surface.

These projections e are, however, not essential, and

may, if desired, be dispensed with.

Inthis case, as in the former, the under side of the `v cake of soap isexposed to the air admitted through the lateral openings,v b. Thisreceptacle B may be used as an ornamental cover, (see fig. 3,)in'connection with .the dish, fig. 2; or two' of ,these castings, g. 3,

may be used in connection with the dish A, oneas a. receptacle for thesoap, and the other as an ornamental cover, (see iig. 6.)

I prefer to form the cover or receptacle B with a I centralv opening, j;both for purposes of ventilation` and as a means for enabling the saidcover or receptacle to be readily detached from the dish by insert- -inga nger into the opening.

I prefer to make'my improved soap-dish ofoastiron, enamaledor.japannedor coated with any anti-corrosivematerial; but the dish maybe made of earthenware or of sheet metal, or othermaterial,

without detracting. from the main features of my invention. Y

0 latins.

l. 4A soap-dish formed either with or Without pro-k jections on thebottom, and having lateral openings b, i.

as set forth.

2. An open cover, B, constructed substantially as de.- scrihed, so as toserve as a cover, or cover and receptacle, tothe soap-dish A, asspecified.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification iin-thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MERRITT THATOHER.

Witnesses: y

EMoRY Crnvcummrs,v L. M. THATCHEB.

